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Features: DVD
Geena Davis won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a quirky dog trainer who teaches an uptight travel writer some new tricks in life and love after his wife leaves him with an incorrigible pet.
"Irresistibly funny..." Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Editor's Note
An author of travel tip books, who dislikes traveling, is both confused and depressed when his son is killed and his wife leaves him. When he meets a lovely, offbeat dog trainer, his outlook on life is unexpectedly brightened. Geena Davis shines.
Plot Summary
While attending summer camp, the 12-year-old son of long-married Macon and Sarah is brutally murdered at a fast-food restaurant. A year after the crime, still finding it difficult to cope with their loss, the couple separate. Macon, who writes travel books for businessmen, continues to isolate himself from the world until a free-spirited dog trainer challenges him to start a new life.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Audio: English, French Dolby Surround Stereo |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 2/8/2005 |
| Running Time: 121 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1988 | | Catalog ID: 28878 | | UPC: 00085392887828 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1989) |  | Geena Davis, Winner, Best Actress In A Supporting Role | | | John Williams, Nominee, Best Music Original Score | | | Lawrence Kasdan, et al., Nominee, Best Picture | | | Frank Gilati, Lawrence Kasdan, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...It contains a performance by William Hurt so finely observed and so tenderly acted that it borders on the preternatural....THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST is irresistibly funny..." 12/23/1988 p.C1USA Today
"...Geena Davis took a supporting Oscar as the flaky-drab dog trainer who de-funks Hurt; the filmmaker whose confidence she rewarded is producer/director/adapter Lawrence Kasdan, delivering his best effort since BODY HEAT..." 06/30/1989 p.3D Premiere
"TOURIST holds up remarkably well....A marvelous story, directed well and infused with warmth and intelligence..." 03/01/2004 p.98 Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
The screenplay for The Accidental Tourist, by Kasdan and Frank Galati, is able to reproduce a - Roger Ebert
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